Our measures taken or to take for J-PARC users’ requests on the questionnaire
concerning accommodations and transportation of the J-PARC
We received valuable answers from ninety two J-PARC users including twenty foreign ones to ourquestionnaire concerning accommodations and transportation of the J-PARC conducted on June, 2010.
The following are our measures taken or to take.
【Our measures taken or to take for J-PARC users’ requests】
１．Accommodations[Requests]①Dealing with accommodations and guest rooms shortage.
②Dealing with dark places with no light on the way from J-PARC to Masago International Lodging.
③Dealing with impossibility to find Akogigaura Club vacancy, book its rooms or cancel reservations online.
[Measures taken]①New users dormitory with 49 rooms is under construction at northern part of Ibaraki Quantum Beam Research Center
andd isi scheduledh d l d tot open on January,
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2011.
2011
②Eight lights were set up on December, 2010 at intervals of 30 meters. And two old lights near Masago InternationalLodging were changed to brighter one for Route 245.
③Since Akogigauragg
Club was constructed for JAEA employees,
p yweb-based reservation system
yfor J-PARC users
cannot be set up. Instead, Users Office get, from Akogigaura Club, vacancy information once a day to grasp moreaccurate and near real-time vacancy information.
[Measures to take]We will continue discussion with departments concerned and improving the following.
①Comfortable and clean rooms, faster and more useful LAN facilities, more useful bath and equipments.
②Check-in and check-out, opening hours of restaurants.
③Restaurants’ menu and previous order system.

２．Transportation[Requests]①Dealing with limited transportation service from accommodations to J-PARC, which particularly causes difficulties
on rainy days or in the evening.
[Measures taken]①We plan to rent out with no charge old cars owned by JAEA Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory forbusiness use, provided that they are driven only in JAEA Nuclear Science Research Institute cite. Althoughtransportation outside it is a remaining issue, we will continue cheap car renting support.
[M[Measurestot take]t k ]We will appeal to a local government and continue improving the following.
①Bus transportation service from Tokai station. Access from Mito station, Katsuta station or accommodations.
②Access from airports.
airports

３．J-PARC[Requests]①Dealing with unsatisfactory food providing conditions.
② Dealing with unexpected beam stop and prompt announcement when it occurs.
③ Dealing with no traffic light on Route 245 just outside Ibaraki Quantum Beam Research Center.
Center[Measures taken]①J-PARC area light food shop opened on October 1, 2010 and has provided box lunch, rice ball, sandwich, bread, andso on
on. Shop hour will be extended by 1 hour and half on April,April 2011 being 10:30
10:30～15:00
15:00. Vending machines have been
introduced.
②We, all the J-PARC staffs, will continue making concerted efforts to provide beam time as scheduled for not causing
the users any inconvenience. And also will continue making prompt announcement when some trouble occurs.
③Facing a construction work for widening Route 245
245, we have been appealing to departments responsible for it to set
up the traffic light.
[Measures to take]We will address the following.
①Operating and managing facilities including radiation controlled area appropriately for the most advanced researchfacilities widely open to the world.
②Integrating the function of J-PARC Users Office with that of JRR-3.
③Setting up users anterooms and nap rooms.
rooms④Extending a period of air conditioned restaurant.